Gold sparks Canada gains

NEW YORK (WSJ.com) -- Canadian stocks advanced Thursday as a spike in the price of bullion put gold issues in the driver's seat. Investors appeared to ignore the price of oil, which set another record as it climbed above $66 a barrel.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.27% to 10699.89. Five of Toronto's 10 sector indexes rose and one was unchanged; precious metals and base metals performed best.

The gold sub-sector, a component of the materials group, surged 3.81% on the yellow metal's renewed strength. Gold price jumped almost $9.00 an ounce to close just above $450. Observers cited the weakness in the U.S. dollar and technical buying for the rise.

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